rosa parks' legacy, that's ahead. >>> and trouble brewing. budweiser fights allegations that its beers are watered down. i'm wolf blitzer along with kate balduan, you're in "the situation room." >> hope lies eternal. >> hope springs eternal. >> hope springs eternal. >> hope springs eternal. >> maybe not. don't let all that hope talk fool you. the fight over forced budget cuts is going down to the wire. the president and the congressional leaders, they are finally agreeing to sit down and talk, but not until friday. that's the day the cuts go into effect. and a lot of people are asking, what is going on? what are we all waiting for? let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. i don't know if she has any answers, but what are we waiting for, dana? >> if i had the answers, i wouldn't be here right now. but, look, what was very interesting about what happened today is that the president and leaders in both parties were kind of forced together in the same area, as they waited for an event on capitol hill. and they had what the